Over the last week, images of the young boy who washed up on the shores of a Turkish beach have hammered home the horrific and very real plight of refugees risking their lives in a bid to escape persecution in their homeland.

This video is yet another desperately sad example of that – as a group of refugees are seen clambering to grab food at a train station in Hungary.

In the clip, a volunteer can be seen passing the food out in a methodical manner, only moments before a group grabs the bag and makes a desperate attempt to take the food within.

(Picture: YouTube)

The whole thing seems entirely reflective of the shocking humanitarian crisis that the world is currently facing – the worst since the persecution of the Jewish population of Europe by the Nazis in World War Two.

Earlier this week, the world was shocked after photos emerged showing the lifeless body of little Aylan Kurdi, who drowned with his mother Rehan, 25, and brother Galip, five after their boat capsized.

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The family had been attempting to travel to Greece from Turkey in the hope that they could reach Canada to join family members.

The Kurdis are said to have moved from Damascus in 2011 then again in 2014 from Kobane to Turkey to escape violence. Their original asylum application had been denied because of a lack of documentation.

Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach in the Turkish resort of Bodrum (Picture: Reuters)